diff --git a/include/cutils/klog.h b/include/cutils/klog.h
index c837edb9a..e7cd30046 100644
--- a/include/cutils/klog.h
+++ b/include/cutils/klog.h
@@ -44,6 +44,4 @@ __END_DECLS
 #define KLOG_INFO(tag,x...)    klog_write(KLOG_INFO_LEVEL, "<6>" tag ": " x)
 #define KLOG_DEBUG(tag,x...)   klog_write(KLOG_DEBUG_LEVEL, "<7>" tag ": " x)
 
-#define KLOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL  3  /* messages <= this level are logged */
-
 #endif
diff --git a/libcutils/klog.cpp b/libcutils/klog.cpp
index 4bad28a57..15adf6baf 100644
--- a/libcutils/klog.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/klog.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <cutils/android_get_control_file.h>
 #include <cutils/klog.h>
 
-static int klog_level = KLOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL;
+static int klog_level = KLOG_INFO_LEVEL;
 
 int klog_get_level(void) {
     return klog_level;